Kenya–United Arab Emirates relations

Kenya – United Arab Emirates relations entails the diplomatic relations between Kenya and the United Arab Emirates. Kenya maintains an embassy in Abu Dhabi although the UAE presently has no missions posted in Kenya. The relations between the two first came into limelight when the UAE imposed sanctions on Kenyans travelling to the UAE for work or residence to have a degree or qualification, a move that triggered anxiety to the large Kenyan expatriate community in the UAE.^[1] The move was thought to be in retaliation after Kenyan authorities arrested and deported four UAE citizens on suspicions of being terrorists; it is speculated that some of those deported were from a royal family in the UAE.^[2]

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